FreeAgent is small-business software. It is not designed for registered charities, and it doesn't do the two things charity accounting most depends on:

  • Fund accounting — tracking restricted vs unrestricted funds separately (see our SORP guide). FreeAgent has no concept of funds.
  • The Charities SORP — the reporting framework charities must follow. FreeAgent's chart of accounts is business-shaped, not charity-shaped.

Plenty of firms quietly gloss over this and bolt a charity onto FreeAgent anyway. We don't. For charities that need fund accounting, we set you up with an appropriate approach and prepare your SORP accounts, fund reporting and Gift Aid ourselves — so your compliance is right, not improvised. For CICs and company-style social enterprises, FreeAgent genuinely is the right tool, and it's included.